Branding-iron.



PATENTED MAR. '7, 1905x S. KLEINHAMMER.

BRANDING IRON.

APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 29,1904.

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SAMUEL KLliNHAMli/IER, OF t'iltiON COUNLY, KANSAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,054, dated March 1905.

Application filed August 29, 1904. Serial No. 222,549.

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,le it known that I, SAMUuL KLnINIiAMMnr., a citizen of the United States, residing in the county of Marion, State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Branding-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

This .invention relatesto b 'and ing-irons; and my object is to produce a device of this character by which the brandingl operation can be performed with celerity and efficiency and which is of simple, strong, durable, and cheap construction.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a perspective view of a branding-iron embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of the same, taken on the line 1I 1I of Fig. l, said figure being broken away.

1n the said drawings, 1 designates the branding element, the same being shown as of diamond shape, though of course it may be of any desired pattern. Secured to the rear face of said branding element by screw-bolts 2 or otherwise is a cross-bar 3, provided with a cylindrical stem 4, tapered at its upper end, as at 5, for a purpose which hereinafter appears.

The handle portion of the implement is constructed as follows: 6 designates a tube of suitable length, and 7 a knob therefor, said knob having' a stem portion 8, fitting in tube 6 and secured therein by a rivet 9. The lower end of the tube, which is of spring metal, is split diametrically, as at 1l), a distance exceeding the length of stem 4 by preference, so to provide a pair of clamping-jaws 11 segmental in cross-section, so that when slipped upon stem t the latter shall be almost completel y incased by said jaws. Near their lower ends and at diametrically opposite points said jaws are provided with screw-bolts 12, having' their heads disposed at the outer side of the jaws and beveled upwardly and inwardly with respect thereto, as at 13. Secured to the tube near knob 7 is a bolt 1-1, adapted to travel up and down upon the cam-shaped end 15 of tnbular casing 16, through which tube ti extends, the lower end of casing 16 being flared, as at .17', sufiiciently to receive the headed portions of screx 7bolts 12 when jaws 11 are distenliled, and said casing near its upper end by preference is formed with external grooves 18 to provide a gri pping-surface.

In the practical handling of the device at least two branding elements will be employed, so that one may be getting hot while the other is in use, and said element while being' heated is preferably arranged with its stem @L projecting uliwardly. Vthen it is desired to use the iron, screw 111 is in engagement with the lower portion of the cam end 15 of casing 1li, and as a result tube (i projects a sul'licient distance beyond the liared end of the casing to permit jaws 11 to spring apart their full distance, and thus be capable ofslipping freely upon the stein of the branding element when the operator desires to use the same, and in this connection it will be observed that the tapei'ing end of the stem .facilitates the engagement therewith of the tube 6. The operator after the tube 6 is slipped on the stem grasps tightly the roughened portion 18 with one hand and with the other upon the knob 7 twists thelatter so as to cause the head or bolt 1% to ride upwardly on the cam-surface 15. 'lhis action relatively draws the jaw end of tube l5 farther into the casing and causes the heads of bolts 12 by pressure against the Haring end 17 of the casing to spring jaws 11 inward and clamp them tightly against stein si, so that the brand-- ing element can be withdrawn from the lire or other heating medium and used for the purpose desired. When the tenilierature of the branding element has diminished to such an extent that it must be reheated for further service, it is replaced inthe lire and the knob and easing twisted iu the opposite direction from that described, so as to restore the parts to the position shown in Fig. 2, when the handle portion of the device is withdrauui from engagement with the stem 4t.

From the above description it will bi apparent that l have produced a branding-iron possessing the features of advantage enuinerl eled for engagement with the lowerside of the ated as desirable in the statement ot' the object of the invention and which obviously is susceptible ot' changes in soine particulars without departing from its spirit and scope or sacrificing' any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A brand ing-iron, comprisinga branding element having a stem, a tube kei-fed from its extreme lower end upward a suitable distance, and provided at the outer side of said kerfed portion with a head or boss tapering upwardly and inwardly, and having an external head or boss above said kerfed portion, and a tubular casing fitting snugly on the tube and having its lower end flared to receive the first-named head or boss and its upper end beveled f'or engagement with the lower sidc of' the last-named head or boss;

element having a stein, a. tube provided with kerf's extending' f'roin its extreme lower end upwardly a suitable 'distance to produce a pair of oppositely disposed integrally formed spring-jaws, an upwardly and inwardly tapering head or boss at the outer side of each of' said jaws, a head or boss at the outer side of' said tube above said kerf'ed portion, anda tubular casing fitting snugly on the tube and having its lower end flared to receive the firstnained heads or bosses and its upper end bevlast-named head or boss.

3. A branding-iron, comprising a branding element having' a stern, a tube having its lower end forrned with spring-jaws to engage said stein, and provided with bolts having their heads disposed externally of the tube and beveled inwardly and upwardly thereof, and having near its upper end a bolt with its head disposed externally ot' the tube, and a tubular casing fitting on the tube and having its lower end flared to receive the first-named bolts of the tube and its upper end beveled for engagement with the lower side ol the head of' the upper bolt ofl the tube.

4. A bramling-iron, comprisinga branding element having a stem, a tube having its extreme lower end lzerted to produce a springjaw integral with the tube and provided at the outer side ol' said lier'fed portion or jaw with a head or boss and above said kert'ed portion 2. A branding-iron, comprising a brandlng with a second external head or boss, and a tubular casing fitting snugly on the tube and having` its lower end flared to receive the firstnamed head or boss, and its upper end beveled to engage with the lower side of' thelastnarned head or boss.

In testimony whereoll I affix my signaturein the presence of' two witnesses.

SA MU EL KLEINHAMMER. Titnessesz H. C. Rouenns, (i. Y. Tueurs. 

